I Am Fish | Ep. 4 – I Believe I Can Swim… Wait, Why Am I Flying?
Physics, logic, and common sense all decided to clock out early for this stream. What should have been a quick return to familiar waters turned into another wonderfully chaotic adventure through the bizarre world of I Am Fish, where even the simplest journey can end with shattered bowls, catastrophic tumbles, and a rapidly increasing death counter.
Having completed the game back in 2021 over the course of three streams and roughly ten hours, I went into this revisit feeling confident. After all, we knew the routes, remembered the mechanics, and had already survived these aquatic trials once before.
Naturally, the game had other ideas.
🌊 About the Game
I Am Fish is a charming physics-based adventure that follows four determined fish friends who have been separated from one another and their home aquarium. Armed with little more than determination, questionable physics, and a mysterious bread-powered gift, they set out on a journey toward freedom and reunion in the open ocean.
Each fish brings their own unique abilities to the adventure. Whether rolling through streets inside a fishbowl, inflating into a pufferfish, soaring through the air, or causing complete chaos wherever they go, every stage presents a fresh challenge wrapped in wonderfully unpredictable physics.
The result is a game that’s equal parts relaxing, stressful, hilarious, and surprisingly heartwarming.
🧭 Where We Are in the Journey
This episode marks the beginning of our return voyage through I Am Fish. Rather than a first-time blind playthrough, this is a revisit to a game we completed years ago on stream.
Starting from a fresh save file allowed everyone to enjoy the opening story once again, including the mysterious bread that grants our aquatic heroes their unusual abilities. During this session we completed the tutorial, cleared all three Goldfish levels, and conquered all three Pufferfish levels, putting us well on our way through the adventure.
With the Goldfish and Pufferfish chapters now behind us, the Piranha and Flying Fish stages are waiting just over the horizon.
🔥 What Happens in This Episode
The evening began with a fresh start as we loaded into I Am Fish for the first time in years. Memories of the original ten-hour playthrough came flooding back as we revisited the opening story and prepared to see just how much easier the game would feel with experience on our side.
For a little while, that confidence seemed justified.
The tutorial and early Goldfish levels went surprisingly smoothly. Familiar routes through bowls, buckets, waterways, and obstacles returned as we navigated our tiny aquatic hero through increasingly unlikely situations. Along the way we reminisced about previous streams, discussed old strategies, and enjoyed the strange balance that makes I Am Fish both relaxing and incredibly stressful at the same time.
Then the Death Loop arrived.
What began as the occasional mistake quickly evolved into the evening’s main attraction. Every failed jump, every shattered fishbowl, every mistimed landing and every unfortunate collision added another entry to an ever-growing counter. Before long, chat wasn’t just watching the adventure unfold—they were actively cheering on the mounting chaos.
One recurring villain throughout the Goldfish stages was the dreaded jar sections. Despite knowing exactly what was coming, I found myself once again locked in battle with some of my least favourite parts of the game. Routes that looked simple on paper somehow transformed into spectacular disasters, often ending with another reset and another round of laughter from chat.
Meanwhile, Greg and his bucket continued to earn sympathy from viewers, becoming an unexpected hero of the stream as chat rallied behind the long-suffering character whenever he appeared.
After successfully clearing all three Goldfish levels, attention turned to the Pufferfish chapters. If the Goldfish stages tested patience, the Pufferfish levels tested absolutely everything else.
Inflating and rolling downhill introduced entirely new opportunities for disaster. Tight spaces, awkward terrain, aggressive seagulls, and the game’s wonderfully unpredictable physics combined to create a perfect storm of near-misses and miraculous recoveries. Some situations looked completely hopeless before somehow working out at the last second, while others collapsed exactly as expected into yet another Death Loop.
Throughout the stream, chat remained lively and full of energy. Conversations drifted between games like House Flipper Remastered, Satisfactory, and War Thunder. An IKEA-themed choose-your-own-adventure story sparked plenty of laughs early on, while recurring jokes such as #Deathloop and #blamegary became reliable responses whenever the laws of physics decided to take a holiday.
One memorable community moment saw a Hunger Games-style chat event unfold, eventually ending with Vvoornth claiming victory and proudly declaring it revenge for all the food-themed songs that had been played during the stream.
By the end of the night, despite suffering an impressive forty Death Loops, we had successfully completed every Goldfish and Pufferfish level in around an hour and fifteen minutes. Not bad for a game that previously took us ten hours to finish.
The journey continues next week as we tackle the Piranha and Flying Fish levels. Depending on time, we may even venture into the Aquarium level and the Space level—or perhaps save those adventures for another stream and mix in a little Marbles on Stream. Either way, chaos is guaranteed.
To round off the evening, we sent our community over to dashducks with a raid, keeping the good vibes rolling long after our own fishy adventure had come to an end.
🎥 Watch the Episode
If you’d like to experience every Death Loop, miraculous recovery, physics disaster, and aquatic triumph for yourself, you can watch the full episode below.
Watch here: I Am Fish | Ep. 4 – I Believe I Can Swim… Wait, Why Am I Flying?
Follow the full series here: I Am Fish Playlist
And if you enjoy the content, be sure to visit the channel, leave a like, drop a comment, and subscribe for future adventures:
⚠️ Join the Adventure Live
The ocean may be unpredictable, but that’s exactly what makes the journey worthwhile.
Every stream becomes its own story. Sometimes we’re conquering impossible challenges. Sometimes we’re discovering hidden surprises. Sometimes we’re repeatedly launching a fish into situations that absolutely should not be survivable.
Whatever happens, the community is there for every victory, every failure, every joke, and every unexpected twist. If you’d like to experience the adventure as it unfolds, come and join us live. You never know when the next Death Loop is waiting just around the corner.
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🌐 Community & Links
Every adventure is better with fellow travellers. Whether you’re joining the live streams, sharing stories with the community, or following along across social media, there’s always another stop on the journey ahead.
Live
When the next chapter begins, you’ll find us charting a course into whatever chaos awaits.
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dr_Ravenholm
Community
Gather around the campfire, swap stories from your own adventures, and join the conversation.
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Socials
Follow the journey beyond the livestreams and keep up with everything happening across the network.
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Support
If you’d like to help keep future adventures sailing forward, these links help support the channel.
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More
Beyond the streams, there are plenty more projects, ideas, and resources waiting to be explored.
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As always, thank you for joining me on another adventure. The bowls may break, the physics may misbehave, and the Death Loop counter may continue its relentless climb, but that’s all part of the journey.
Until next time, stay safe out there—and try not to launch your fish into low orbit.
— Dr Ravenholm
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